A VOLUNTARY END-OF-LIFE TAKE-BACK AND RECYCLING PROGRAMME
PV CYCLE’s mission is to create a voluntary industry-wide take-back and recycling programme for end-of-life modules in Europe.
By 2015, when significant numbers of PV modules will start to reach the end-of-life, we intend to have a programme in place to provide take-back and recycling of end-of-life modules, financed by PV producers, consistent with the long-standing EU waste management goals of producer responsibility.
The life cycle of a PV module can be found below:
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Life Cycle of PV Modules EN sec (518 KB)
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Cycle de vie des panneaux PV sec (518 KB)
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Produktlebenszyklus von PV Modulen sec (92 KB)
Two-Phase Approach
The voluntary take back and recycling programme is split into two phases:
Phase I:
Preparatory work to solicit industry participation, design the framework and set the objectives of the programme.
Phase II:
Implementation of the programme throughout Europe, together with annual auditing to monitor and communicate progress towards achievement of the PV industry’s goals.